[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18381-18383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10108]
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Notice of Scope Rulings
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) hereby publishes a
list of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between
January 1, 1996, and March 31, 1996. In conjunction with this list, the
Department is also publishing a list of pending requests for scope
clarifications and anticircumvention inquiries. The Department intends
to publish future lists within 30 days of the end of each quarter.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald M. Trentham, Office of
Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4793.
Background
The Department's regulations (19 CFR 353.29(d)(8) and 355.29(d)(8))
provide that on a quarterly basis the Secretary will publish in the
Federal Register a list of scope rulings completed within the last
three months.
This notice lists scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries
completed between January 1, 1996, and March 31, 1996, and pending
scope clarification and anticircumvention inquiry requests. The
Department intends to publish in July 1996 a notice of scope rulings
and anticircumvention inquiries completed between April 1, 1996, and
June 30, 1996, as well as pending scope clarification and
anticircumvention inquiry requests.
The following lists provide the country, case reference number,
requester(s), and a brief description of either the ruling or product
subject to the request.
I. Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1996 and March 31,
1996
Country: Brazil
A-351-809--Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., American Tube Co., Century Tube Corp.,
CSI Tubular Productions, Inc., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular
Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex-Tube
Division, Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.--Pipe
produced to API 5L line pipe specifications or to both ASTM A-53
standard pipe specification and the API 5L line pipe specification
(dual-certified pipe) is outside the scope of the order. 03/14/96
Country: Germany
A-428-801--Antifriction Bearings
Marquardt Switches--Medium carbon steel balls imported by Marquardt
are outside the scope of the order. 03/21/96
Country: Korea
A-580-809--Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., American Tube Co., Century Tube Corp.,
CSI Tubular Productions, Inc., Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular
Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex-Tube
Division, Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.--Pipe
produced to API 5L line pipe specifications or to both ASTM A-53
standard pipe specification and the API 5L line specification (dual-
certified pipe), is not within the scope of the order. 03/14/96
Country: Mexico
A-201-802--Gray-Portland Cement and Cement Clinker
Cementos de Chihuahua S.A. de C.V. and Mexcement, Inc.--Masonry
cement is not within the scope of the order. 1/18/96
A-201-805--Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., American Tube Co., Century Tube Corp.,
CSI Tubular Productions, Inc. Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular
Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex Tube
Division, Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.--Pipe
produced to API 5L line pipe specifications or to both ASTM A-53
standard pipe specification and the API 5L line pipe specification
(dual-certified pipe), is outside the scope of the order. 03/14/96
Tubacero International Corporation--Circular welded carbon steel
piping, 16 inches in outside diameter with 3/8 inch wall thickness, for
use in extremely heavy load bearing applications, is within the scope
of the order. 03/26/96
Country: Venezuela
A-307-805--Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
Self Initiation--Pipe produced to API 5L line pipe specifications
or to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the API 5L line
pipe specification (dual-certified pipe), are outside the scope of the
order. 03/14/96
II. Anticircumvention Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1996 and
March 31, 1996
None.
III. Scope Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 1996 and MARCH 31,
1996:
Country: France
A-427-078--Sugar
Boiron-Borneman, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether
manufactured homeopathic sugar pellets are within the scope of the
finding. Scope inquiry terminated on 03/12/96
IV. Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated Between January 1, 1996 and
March 31, 1996
None.
V. Pending Scope Clarification Requests as of March 31, 1996
Country: Brazil
A-351-817, C-351-818--Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
Wirth Limited--Clarification to determine whether profile slabs
produced by Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao and imported by Wirth
Limited are within the scope of the order.
Country: Germany
A-428-801--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings)
and Parts Thereof
Enkotec Company, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether the
``main bearings'' imported for incorporation into Enkotec Rotary Nail
Machines are slewing rings and, therefore, outside the scope of the
order.
Country: Turkey
A-489-501--Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products
Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation, Wheatland Tube Company,
Laclede Steel Company, Sharon Tube Company, and Sawhill Tubular
Division of Armco,
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Inc.--Clarification to determine whether pipe and tube which meets the
order's physical specifications, when intended for or actually used as
standard pipe and tube, is included within the scope of the order.
Country: Singapore
A-559-801--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings)
and Parts Thereof
Rockwell International Corporation--Clarification to determine
whether an automotive component known as a cushion suspension unit (or
cushion assembly unit or bearing assembly) is within the scope of the
order.
Country: People's Republic of China
A-570-504--Petroleum Wax Candles
Mervyn's--Clarification to determine whether a candle, article no.
20172, in the shape of a cube is within the scope of the order.
Enesco Corporation--Clarification to determine whether 10 styles of
candles imported from the PRC are within the scope of the order.
Midwest of Cannon Falls--Clarification to determine whether 7
styles of candles imported from the PRC are within the scope of the
order.
Morris Friedman & Co.--Clarification to determine whether a candle
in a galvanized steel bucket and a candle in a glass container are
within the scope of the order.
A-570-808--Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts
Consolidated International Automotive, Inc.--Clarification to
determine whether certain nickel-plated lug nuts are within the scope
of the order.
Wheel Plus, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether imported zinc-
plated lug nuts which are chrome-plated in the United States are within
the scope of the order.
A-570-820--Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks (CDIW) Fittings and
Glands
Star Pipe Products, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether
``retainer glands'' are within the scope of the order.
A-570-822--Helical Spring Lock Washers (HSLWs)
Shakeproof Industrial Products Division of Illinois Tool Works
(SIP)--Clarification to determine whether HSLWs which are imported to
the U.S. in an uncut, coil form are within the scope of the order.
Country: Taiwan
A-583-810--Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts
Consolidated International Automotive, Inc.--Clarification to
determine whether certain nickel-plated lug nuts are within the scope
of the order.
A-583-820--Helical Spring Lock Washers (HSLWs)
Shakeproof Industrial Products Division of Illinois Tool Works
(SIP)--Clarification to determine whether HSLWs imported into the U.S.
in an uncut, coil form are within the scope of the order.
Country: Japan
A-588-055--Acrylic Sheet from Japan
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.--Clarification to determine whether
Sumielec, an acrylic based antistatic material, is within the scope of
the order.
A-588-056--Melamine
Taiyo America, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether melamine
with special physical characteristics (100% of the particles are
smaller than 10 microns) are within the scope of the order.
A-588-405--Cellular Mobile Telephones and Subassemblies
Matsushita Communication Industrial Corporation and related
entities--Clarification to determine whether Panasonic portable
cellular telephone (PCT) hands-free device, model number EB-HF7002, is
within the scope of the order.
A-588-702--Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
Benkan America, Inc. and Benkan UCT Corporation--Clarification to
determine whether the superclean fittings (SCFs) manufactured by Benkan
UCT are within the scope of the order.
A-588-802--3\1/2\'' Microdisks
TDK Inc., TDK Electronics Co.--Clarification to determine whether
certain web roll media are within the scope of the order.
A-588-804--Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings),
and Parts Thereof
Dana Corporation--Clarification to determine whether an automotive
component known variously as a center bracket assembly, center bearing
assembly, support bracket, or shaft support bearing, is within the
scope of the order.
Rockwell International Corporation--Clarification to determine
whether an automotive component known as a cushion suspension unit (or
cushion assembly unit or center bearing assembly) is within the scope
of the order.
A-588-807--Industrial Belts and Components and Parts Thereof, Whether
Cured or Uncured
Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing Inc. (HPE)--Clarification to
determine whether certain belts HPE imports from Japan for use in
manufacturing lawn tractors and riding lawn mowers are within the scope
of the order.
A-588-809--Small Business Telephone Systems and Subassemblies and Parts
Thereof
Iwatsu America, Inc. and Iwatsu Electric Co.--Clarification to
determine whether certain dual use subassemblies (central processing
units and read-only-memory units) are within the scope of the order.
A-588-810--Mechanical Transfer Presses
Komatsu Ltd.--Clarification to determine whether certain mechanical
transfer press parts exported from Japan are within the scope of the
order.
A-588-815--Gray Portland Cement and Clinker
Surecrete, Inc.--Clarification to determine whether New Super Fine
Cement manufactured by Nittetsu Cement Co., Ltd., is within the scope
of the order.
A-588-824--Corrosion Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products
Drive Automotive Industries--Clarification to determine whether
2000 millimeter wide, made to order, corrosion resistant carbon steel
coils are within the scope of the order.
VI. Pending Anticircumvention Inquiries as of March 31, 1996
Country: Korea
A-580-008--Color Television Receivers from Korea
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the International
Union of Electronic Electrical, Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers,
and the Industrial Union Department (the Unions)--Anticircumvention
inquiry to determine whether Samsung Electronics Co., L.G. Electronics
Inc., and Daewoo Electronics Co., are circumventing the order by
shipping Korean-origin color picture tubes, printed circuit boards,
color television kits, chassis, and other materials, parts and
components to plants operated by related parties in Mexico where the
parts are then assembled in CTVs and shipped to the U.S. Additionally,
an anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether Samsung is
circumventing the order by shipping Korean-origin color picture tubes
and other CTV parts to a related party in Thailand for assembly into
complete CTVs prior to exportation to the U.S.
Interested parties are invited to comment on the accuracy of the
list of
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pending scope clarification requests. Any comments should be submitted
to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, Room B-099, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
Dated: April 17, 1996.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-10108 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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